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   Alex Gleason (alex@gleasonator.com)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 06:14:01 JST Alex Gleason
   Starting to think all this business stuff is wrong. You know what motivates people? SUFFERING. Having every basic need met leads to obesity and complacency. We need to bring back breadlines if we want Cinderella Man.
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     Alex Gleason (alex@gleasonator.com)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 06:14:25 JST Alex Gleason

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     This might sound unhinged, but it's just a theory.
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     yockeypuck (yockeypuck@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 06:15:24 JST yockeypuck

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     @alex >"you should have a nutritional deficit"
     >is vegan
     
     We're on to you.
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     Alex Gleason (alex@gleasonator.com)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 06:15:57 JST Alex Gleason

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     @yockeypuck I've been fasting too. I'm the fucking Buddha.
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     Tristan B. V. Kildaire ??? (deavmi@gleasonator.com)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 06:16:22 JST Tristan B. V. Kildaire ???

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     @alex This is true. Come to ZA and see how the beautiful welfare state has created state dependent (who fuck Mandela piepie) and don’t work.

     Just leech.

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     Alex Gleason (alex@gleasonator.com)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 06:18:41 JST Alex Gleason

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     Anyway, here are all the MBA theories, according to ChatGPT. Save yourself 2 years and $50K and just look at some diagrams:
     
     Certainly! MBA programs introduce students to a variety of theories that underpin the principles of business and management. These theories provide a structured framework for understanding complex business phenomena. Here are some of the key theories taught in MBA programs:
     
     1. **Porter's Five Forces:** Developed by Michael Porter, this theory helps analyze the competitive forces within an industry. The five forces are:
     - Threat of new entrants
     - Threat of substitutes
     - Bargaining power of buyers
     - Bargaining power of suppliers
     - Rivalry among existing competitors
     
     2. **SWOT Analysis:** A strategic planning tool that helps organizations identify their Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.
     
     3. **Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs:** A theory of human motivation that categorizes needs into a five-level pyramid, from basic physiological needs to self-actualization.
     
     4. **Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory:** This theory suggests that there are two sets of factors that influence job satisfaction: hygiene factors (like salary and work conditions) and motivators (like achievement and recognition).
     
     5. **BCG Matrix:** Developed by the Boston Consulting Group, this matrix categorizes business units or products into four categories based on market growth and market share: Stars, Cash Cows, Question Marks, and Dogs.
     
     6. **Ansoff Matrix:** A strategic tool that helps businesses decide their product and market growth strategy, categorizing growth strategies into Market Penetration, Market Development, Product Development, and Diversification.
     
     7. **PESTEL Analysis:** A framework for analyzing the macro-environmental factors that might affect an organization. It stands for Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, and Legal factors.
     
     8. **Tuckman's Stages of Group Development:** A theory that describes the stages a team goes through as they work together: Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and Adjourning.
     
     9. **Balanced Scorecard:** Developed by Robert Kaplan and David Norton, this strategic management tool helps organizations align their activities with their vision and strategy, measuring performance across four perspectives: Financial, Customer, Internal Processes, and Learning & Growth.
     
     10. **Theory X and Theory Y:** Developed by Douglas McGregor, this theory describes two contrasting sets of assumptions about human nature and work. Theory X assumes people dislike work and need to be controlled, while Theory Y assumes people are self-motivated and seek responsibility.
     
     11. **Blue Ocean Strategy:** Proposes that companies can succeed by creating "blue oceans" of uncontested market space, rather than competing in "red oceans" where competitors fight for dominance.
     
     12. **Value Chain Analysis:** Another theory by Michael Porter, it breaks down the activities of a firm into primary and support activities, helping to identify where value is added in the process and where improvements can be made.
     
     13. **Game Theory:** A mathematical model that studies interactions with formalized incentive structures ("games"). It's used in various business scenarios, especially in strategy formulation in competitive environments.
     
     14. **Agency Theory:** Examines the relationship between principals (like shareholders) and agents (like managers). It studies issues like the principal-agent problem, where the interests of both parties might not align.
     
     These are just a few of the many theories introduced in MBA programs. Each theory provides a lens through which business challenges can be viewed, analyzed, and addressed. They offer structured ways to approach problems, make decisions, and understand the dynamics of business environments.
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     @polarisera reposted your post (polarisera@spinster.xyz)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 06:22:03 JST @polarisera reposted your post

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     @alex Maslov's hierarchy of needs is the biggest crock of shit. How unfalsifiable fairytales persist is remarkable, despite an overwhelming lack of evidence.
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     Alex Gleason (alex@gleasonator.com)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 06:25:32 JST Alex Gleason

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     This one is pretty interesting:
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     GroundBeefHunter (groundbeefhunter@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 06:30:08 JST GroundBeefHunter

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     @alex There is this guy who said some stuff about industrial societies and other stuff about conquering struggle being fulfilling.
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     mittimithai (mittimithai@neenster.org)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 06:31:09 JST mittimithai

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     Something to consider:
     https://psychology.stackexchange.com/questions/169/does-evidence-support-maslows-hierarchy-of-needs
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     anime graf mays ?️? (graf@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 06:32:11 JST anime graf mays ?️?

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     @alex @yockeypuck mans snorting multivitamins as he types this
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     idea_enjoyer (idea_enjoyer@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 06:32:15 JST idea_enjoyer

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     @alex @yockeypuck "Having every basic need met leads to obesity and complacency."
     
     I now understand why you're vegan btw
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     NonPlayableClown (nonplayableclown@postnstuffds.lol)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 06:48:48 JST NonPlayableClown

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     You'd very suprised that many human motivation was done out of anger and frustration.
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     PunishedD (punishedd@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 13:18:21 JST PunishedD

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     @alex I think suffering is what gets you radical innovation or effort, probably not productivity or growth. It’s not reliable in repeated applications–if you’re just going to keep suffering, you aren’t going to keep trying.

     Life is arguably a series of dissimilar, uneven periods of suffering, that drive you in total. Every day you wake up and experience hunger multiple times, driving you to eat. Every few days you experience exhaustion. Every few months you run into a season you hate. Every year you pick up new pains and limitations, but also new desires and goals.

     People who try to game this system wind up like idealistic communists: failing at the requirement for calculation and management, because it’s functionally impossible to manage in any human capacity. The best you can do is identify your personal zones of comfort and suffering, and use them to motivate yourself accordingly. Trying to manage someone else’s motivation is a loser’s game.

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     Shrikesflyfree (shrikefliesfree@spinster.xyz)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 22:08:54 JST Shrikesflyfree

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     @alex Oh, so glad I am never returning to the workforce. The number of times over the decades I have had to sit through all this HR BS while wishing they would just let me do the WORK I was hired to do and then go home to my own life.
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